Johnny Cooke (Bootle)

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Active: 1960-1971

Weight classes fought in:

Recorded fights: 92 contests (won: 51 lost: 34 drew: 7)

Fight Record

1960

Jun 28 Ken Pugh (Liverpool) WRSF4(6) Victoria Hall, Hanley Source: Boxing News 08/07/1960 page 3 Cooke 9st 12lbs 12ozs Pugh 9st 7lbs 8ozs Promoter: Johnny Best facial injury Aug 11 John Bacon (Grangetown) WKO1(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 19/08/1960 page 5 Cooke 9st 10lbs Bacon 9st 10lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff Sep 15 Sammy Etioloja (Nigeria) WRTD3(6) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/09/1960 pages 8 and 9 Cooke 9st 8lbs Etioloja 9st 9lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff Sep 29 Junior Cassidy (Nigeria) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 07/10/1960 page 7 Cooke 9st 11lbs 12ozs Cassidy 9st 11lbs 8ozs Oct 21 Mickey Driscoll (Brierley Hill) WPTS(8) Tower Circus, Blackpool Source: Boxing News 28/10/1960 page 7 Cooke 9st 11lbs Driscoll 9st 10lbs 8ozs Promoter: Mickey Duff Nov 17 Alex McMillan (Glasgow) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 25/11/1960 page 4 Cooke 9st 9lbs McMillan 9st 10lbs Dec 15 Dave Coventry (Liverpool) DRAW(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 23/12/1960 page 2 Coventry boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1965. Cooke 9st 9lbs 4ozs Coventry 9st 10lbs 4ozs Attendance: 4000

1961

Jan 16 Jim Spike McCormack (Belfast) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 20/01/1961 page 7 McCormack boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1967 and was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1958. Cooke 9st 12lbs 8ozs McCormack 9st 12lbs 4ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Feb 22 Jimmy Gibson (Dunfermline) WPTS(8) Ice Rink, Paisley Source: Boxing News 03/03/1961 page 2 Gibson was Scottish Area Lightweight Champion 1960-61. Cooke 9st 13lbs 2ozs Gibson 9st 13lbs Promoter: Peter Keenan Mar 13 Maurice Cullen (Shotton) LPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/03/1961 page 2 Cullen was British Lightweight Champion 1965-68. Cooke 9st 8lbs 8ozs Cullen 9st 10lbs Promoter: Gus Demmy Mar 23 Peter Heath (Coventry) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 31/03/1961 page 2 Cooke 9st 10lbs Heath 9st 8lbs Apr 24 Byron Hollingsworth (Trinidad) WPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 28/04/1961 page 3 Cooke 9st 11lbs Hollingsworth 9st 11lbs 8ozs Promoter: Harry Levene May 10 Roy Jacobs (Nigeria) WPTS(8) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Source: Boxing News 19/05/1961 page 3 Cooke 9st 11lbs 4ozs Jacobs 9st 9lbs 10ozs Promoter: Peter Keenan May 15 Epiohane Akono (France) DRAW(8) New St James Hall, Newcastle Source: Boxing News 19/05/1961 page 4 Cooke 9st 10lbs 8ozs Akono 9st 12lbs Cooke sub for Maurice Cullen Jul 6 Ebe Mensah (Ghana) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 14/07/1961 page 5 Cooke 9st 11lbs Mensah 9st 9lbs 8ozs Promoter: Mickey Duff Sep 4 Dave Higgins (Fife) WKO1(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 08/09/1961 page 5 Higgins boxed for the Scottish Lightweight Title 1961. Cooke 9st 12lbs 12ozs Higgins 9st 7lbs 8ozs Promoter: Gus Demmy Oct 24 Brian Jones (Nottingham) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/10/1961 page 3 Cooke 9st 11lbs 12ozs Jones 9st 10lbs 8ozs Dec 7 Chico Velez (Puerto Rico) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 15/12/1961 page 3 Cooke 9st 11lbs 4ozs Velez 9st 11lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff

1962

Jan 30 Dave Coventry (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 02/02/1960 page 4 (Central Area Lightweight Title) Cooke 9st 8lbs 8ozs Coventry 9st 9lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff Mar 29 Guy Gracia (France) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 06/04/1962 page 4 Cooke 9st 10lbs 8ozs Gracia 9st 9lbs Promoter: Mickey Duff May 15 James Ellis (USA) LRSF8(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 18/05/1962 page 5 Cooke 9st 12lbs Ellis 9st 10lbs Referee: Jim Mahoney Jun 18 Boswell St Louis (Trinidad) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 22/06/1962 page 13 Cooke 9st 13lbs St Louis 9st 12lbs 12ozs Oct 4 Maurice Cullen (Shotton) LPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 12/10/1962 pages 4 and 5 (British Lightweight Title Final Eliminator) Cooke 9st 7lbs 10ozs Cullen 9st 8lbs 12ozs Promoter: Mickey Duff Nov 6 Vic Andreetti (Hoxton) LPTS(8) Town Hall, Shoreditch Source: Boxing News 09/11/1962 page 15 Andreetti was British Junior Welterweight Champion 1969-70. Cooke 9st 10lbs Andreetti 9st 10lbs 12ozs Dec 10 Nat Jacobs (Manchester) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 14/12/1962 page 4 Jacobs boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1966 and was Central Area Middleweight Champion 1965. Match made at 10st 9lbs Cooke 10st 4lbs Jacobs 10st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Jim Mahoney Promoter: Gus Demmy

1963

Jan 14 Johnny Kramer (West Ham) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 18/01/1963 page 2 Kramer was Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1962-63 and 1963-64 and Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1966-68. Cooke 10st 7lbs 8ozs Kramer 10st 8lbs 12ozs Feb 11 Al Sharpe (Belfast) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Source: Boxing News 15/02/1963 page 4 Sharpe boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1966 and was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1957-58 and Northern Ireland Area Welterweight Champion 1959-62. Cooke 10st 5lbs 8ozs Sharpe 10st 8lbs Feb 25 Joe Shaw (USA) WPTS(8) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 01/03/1963 pages 8 and 9 Match made at 10st 2lbs Cooke 10st 3lbs 2ozs Shaw 10st 2lbs 12ozs Referee: Wally Thom Promoter: Harry Levene Mar 28 Jan De Vos (Holland) WPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/04/1963 page 4 Match made at 10st 9lbs Cooke 10st 3lbs 4ozs De Vos 10st 8lbs 12ozs Promoter: Ray Peers(Birkenhead) and Jack Turner(Preston) Apr 19 Mauri Backman (Finland) LPTS(8) Helsinki Finland Source: Boxing News Jun 11 Joe Shaw (USA) LRSF1(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 14/06/1963 pages 5 and 8 Match made at 10st 9lbs Cooke 10st 4lbs 8ozs Shaw 10st 3lbs 8ozs Promoter: Mike Barrett Sep 12 Wally Swift (Nottingham) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 20/09/1963 page 5 Swift was British Welterweight Champion 1960 and British Middleweight Champion 1964-65. Cooke 10st 8lbs Swift 10st 11lbs 8ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Promoter: Ray Peers and Jack Turner Oct 21 Jackie Harwood (Bolton) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 25/10/1963 pages 12 and 16 Harwood boxed for the Central Area Middleweight Title 1967. Match made at 11st 1lb Cooke 10st 7lbs 13ozs Harwood 11st 1lbs Promoter: Gus Demmy Nov 28 Wally Swift (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 06/12/1963 page 5 Match made at 11st Cooke 10st 8lbs 8ozs Swift 11st 0lbs 4ozs

1964

Jan 13 Lucien Fernandez (France) LRSF8(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/01/1964 page 4 Cooke 10st 6lbs 8ozs Fernandez 10st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Lord Promoter: Gus Demmy Mar 19 Jimmy McGrail (Liverpool) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/03/1964 pages 4 and 7 (British Welterweight Title Final Eliminator) McGrail boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1961 and 1964. Cooke 10st 4lbs 4ozs McGrail 10st 5lbs Promoter: Jack Turner & Ray Peers Jul 28 Brian Curvis (Swansea) LRTD5(15) Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl Source: Boxing News 31/07/1964 page 5 (British and European Welterweight Title Curvis was British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1960-66. Cooke 10st 5lbs 12ozs Curvis 10st 5lbs 4ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Jack Solomons Attendance: 12000 Sep 17 Tony Smith (Bootle) DRAW(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 50/02/1964 page 4 Smith boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1963 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1962-65. Match made at 10st 9lbs Cooke 10st 7lbs 4ozs Smith 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Mr Warner Nov 12 Sammy McSpadden (Fulham) LPTS(10) Cambridge Hall, Southport Source: Boxing News 20/11/1964 page 12 McSpadden boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1965. Cooke 10st 7lbs 8ozs McSpadden 10st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys Promoter: John James Nov 26 Tony Smith (Bootle) LPTS(8) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 04/12/1964 page 3 Cooke 10st 7lbs Smith 10st 5lbs Referee: Lew Smith 1965

Jan 28 Tony Smith (Bootle) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 05/02/1065 page 2 (Central Area Welterweight Title) Match made at 10st 7lbs Cooke 10st 6lbs Smith 10st 6lbs 13ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Promoter: Ray Peers and Jack Turner Feb 15 Jackie Harwood (Bolton) WPTS(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 19/02/1965 page 4 Cooke 11st 0lbs 8ozs Harwood 11st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Humphreys Mar 15 Jim Swords (Manchester) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 19/03/1965 page 5 Swords boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1965. Cooke 11st 0lbs Swords 11st 3lbs 8ozs Referee: Wally Thom Mar 30 Paul Armstead (USA) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 02/04/1965 page 5 Cooke 10st 6lbs Armstead 10st 1lbs 8ozs Referee: Jim Mahoney Aug 15 Bo Hogberg (Sweden) LPTS(8) Gothenburg Sweden Source: Boxing News Sep 10 Giuliano Nervino WPTS(10) Milan Italy Source: Boxing News Oct 4 Jim Swords (Manchester) WPTS(10) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News 08/10/1965 pages 6 and 7 Match made at 11st 6lbs Cooke 10st 11lbs Swords 11st 4lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Board Promoter: Gus Demmy Dec 11 Willie Ludick (South Africa) LKO2 Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News 17/12/1965 page 16

1966

Jan 28 Bo Petersson (Sweden) WPTS(8) Gothenburg Sweden Source: Boxing News 04/02/1966 page 11 Feb 4 Aldo Battistuta (Italy) WPTS(8) Rome Italy Source: Boxing News Mar 18 Stig Walterson (Sweden) WPTS(10) Gothenburg Sweden Source: Boxing News Apr 14 Peter Schmidt (Canada) WRSF5(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 22/04/1966 page 5 Cooke 10st 6lbs 12ozs Schmidt 10st 8lbs Promoter: Liverpool Stadiums May 13 Jose Gonzalez (Spain) LRSF4 Marseilles France Source: Boxing News Jun 20 Peter Cobblah (Ghana) WPTS(10) Hilton Hotel, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 24/06/1966 page 2 Cooke 10st 7lbs 8ozs Cobblah 10st 6lbs 4ozs Promoter: Anglo-American Sporting Club Jul 14 Oblitey Commey (Ghana) LRSF5(8) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 22/07/1966 page 5 Cooke 10st 5lbs 8ozs Commey 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Bill White Sep 28 Ernest Musso (Rhodesia) LPTS(8) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 07/10/1966 page 4 Cooke 10st 7lbs 12ozs Musso 10st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Austin O'Connor Oct 10 Sugar Bill Robinson (Dulwich) WPTS(3) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 14/10/1966 pages 2 and 5 ((Middleweight competition 1st series)) Cooke 10st 12lbs 8ozs Robinson 11st 8lbs Oct 10 Liam Ske Mullen (Dublin) WPTS(3) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 14/10/1966 pages 2 and 5 ((Middleweight competition semi-final)) Cooke 10st 12lbs 8ozs Mullen 11st 0lbs Oct 10 Jackie Harwood (Bolton) LPTS(4) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 14/10/1966 pages 2 and 5 ((Middleweight competition final)) Cooke 10st 12lbs 8ozs Harwood 11st 6lbs 8ozs

1967

Feb 13 Brian McCaffrey (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 17/02/1967 pages 8 and 9 (British Welterweight Title) McCaffrey boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1967. Cooke 10st 5lbs McCaffrey 10st 4lbs 4ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Promoter: Harry Levene Mar 30 Bo Petersson (Sweden) WPTS(8) Gothenburg Sweden Source: Boxing News May 9 Shaun Doyle (Barnsley) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 12/05/1967 page 4 (British Welterweight Title) Doyle boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1967 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1965. Cooke 10st 6lbs Doyle 10st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Gus Demmy Aug 16 Carmelo Bossi (Italy) LRSF12(15) San Remo Italy Source: Boxing News (European Welterweight Title) Oct 16 Lennox Beckles (Guyana) WPTS(15) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 27/10/1967 page 5 (British Empire Welterweight Title) Referee: Roalnd Dakin Promoter: Lawrie Lewis

1968

Jan 4 Fred Powney (Doncaster) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing News 12/01/1968 pages 4 and 6 Powney was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1968. Match made at 10st 9lbs Referee: Jack Lord Feb 20 Ralph Charles (West Ham) LPTS(15) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News (British Welterweight Title) Charles was British and British Empire/Commonwealth Welterweight Champion 1968-72 and European Welterweight Champion 1970-71. Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Mike Barratt Apr 29 Len Gibbs (St Pancras) DRAW(8) Free Trade Hall, Manchester Source: Boxing News Gibbs boxed for the Southern Area Middleweight Title 1966. Cooke 10st 11lbs 12ozs Gibbs 10st 12lbs Referee: Billy Simpson(Blackpool) Jun 10 Chuck Henderson (Peterlee) LPTS(10) Liverpool Source: Boxing News Henderson boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1969. Sep 7 Oblitey Commey (Ghana) LPTS(10) Accra Ghana Source: Boxing News Nov 4 Bob Cofie (Ghana) WPTS(8) Liverpool Source: Boxing News Nov 12 Mark Rowe (Camberwell) LPTS(8) Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News Rowe was British and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion 1970. Dec 9 Don Davis (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Kensington Source: Boxing News

1969

Mar 3 Roger Menetrey (France) DRAW(10) Paris France Source: Boxing News Apr 13 Lennox Beckles (Guyana) LPTS(10) Georgetown Guyana Source: Boxing News May 31 Robert Gallois (France) LPTS(10) Rheims France Source: Boxing News Sep 22 Edwin Mack LPTS(10) Rotterdam Holland Source: Boxing News

1970

Jan 29 Tony Ortiz (Spain) LPTS(8) Madrid Spain Source: Boxing News Mar 10 Gus Farrell (Dublin) WPTS(8) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News Cooke 10st 6lbs 12ozs Farrell 10st 7lbs 4ozs Referee: Billy Duncan Mar 21 Marcel Cerdan (France) LPTS(10) Lyons France Source: Boxing News Apr 14 Des Rea (Belfast) WPTS(10) Ulster Hall, Belfast Source: Boxing News Rea was British Junior Welterweight Champion 1968-69. Jul 9 Donato Paduano (USA) LPTS(10) Montreal Canada Source: Boxing News 17/07/1970 page 2 Nov 11 Les Pearson (Pontefract) LPTS(8) USAF Base, Burtonwood Source: Boxing News 20/11/1970 page 17 Pearson boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1971 and 1972 and was Central Area Welterweight Champion 1970-71. Cooke 10st 8lbs 8ozs Pearson 10st 6lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy Simpson Nov 23 Eric Blake (Leatherhead) LPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair Source: Boxing News 27/11/1970 page 9 Blake boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1972 and was Southern Area Middleweight Champion 1970-72. Cooke 10st 12lbs Blake 10st 13lbs 8ozs Referee: Benny Caplan Dec 14 Alan Tottoh (Manchester) WPTS(8) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Manchester Source: Boxing News 18/12/1970 page 4 Tottoh boxed for the Central Area Welterweight Title 1970 and 1973. Cooke 10st 9lbs 8ozs Tottoh 10st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Billy Simpson Dec 30 Tommy Gray (Fife) WPTS(8) Palace Lido, Douglas Source: Boxing News Cooke 10st 11lbs 8ozs Gray 11st 1lbs 8ozs Referee: Ron Hackett

1971

Jan 16 Robert Gallois (France) DRAW(10) Rheims France Source: Boxing News Feb 22 Dick Duffy (Cardiff) WPTS(8) Afan Lido, Aberavon Source: Boxing News Duffy boxed a British Welterweight Title Eliminator 1967 and boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator in 1970. Cooke 10st 10lbs 4ozs Duffy 11st 3lbs Mar 4 Antonio Torres (Spain) LPTS(10) Barcelona Spain Source: Boxing News Apr 2 Garibaldi Pereira LPTS(10) Villeurbanne France Source: Boxing News Sep 2 Jorgen Hansen (Denmark) LPTS(8) Aarhus Denmark Source: Boxing News Nov 17 Les Pearson (Pontefract) LPTS(12) Midlands SC, Solihull Source: Boxing News 26/11/1971 pages 4 and 5 (British Welterweight Title Eliminator) Cooke 10st 5lbs 12ozs Pearson 10st 3lbs 8ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Nov 29 Giele Buitendag (South Africa) DRAW(10) Johannesburg South Africa Source: Boxing News 03/12/1971 page 15

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